Markus Junianto Sihaloho – As pressures mounts for the government to disband a notorious hard-line Muslim group, one activist expressed concerns about how it should be done.

Oxford, UK – Benny Wenda has been many things in his 38 years.

With fresh police officers hitting the beat just seven months after graduating from high school, it's no wonder some behave childishly, according to the force's top brass.

Bambang Muryanto and Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – The trial of 12 of the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) members who allegedly attacked a prison in Sleman, Yogyakarta, has once again d

Nadya Natahadibrata and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The government cannot disband the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) using the controversial Mass Organization (Ormas) Law following the dea

Nadya Natahadibrata, Jakarta – More than half of children under the age of six have no access to early childhood education, the Education and Culture Ministry says.

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – An animal rights activist who initiated an online petition calling for a criminal probe into the killing of four elephants in Aceh claimed to have faced inti

Nurdin Hasan, Ketol, Central Aceh – The sound of a hammer banging on tin echoes through this small village hemmed in by hills.

The so-called "martial arts" groups in East Timor continue to wreak havoc in the community despite purported efforts by the government of Xanana Gusmao to reign in the violence.

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Prosecutors sought on Thursday a suspended sentence for Abdul Azis, the defendant of a harassment case in last year's attack against the Congregation of Batak Pro

Camelia Pasandaran – Two Ahmadiyah teachers and a school attendant have left a state elementary school in Cianjur following pressure from local residents.

Jakarta – A survey published on Tuesday has found that the internet has alienated voters who have political efficacy and high interest in politics, but are distrustful of political inst

The national police confirmed on Thursday that it set up a special task force to investigate the leader of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) for comments made earlier in the week in whi

Robertus Wardi, Ezra Sihite & Carlos K.Y.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Robertus Wardi – Joko Widodo, the governor of Jakarta, may be the pollsters' favorite to win the 2014 presidential election, but the final decision and th

Stephanie Hendarta – Aburizal Bakrie may not be the most popular presidential hopeful, but a new poll suggests the businessman and Golkar politician may at least be the among the most n

Robertus Wardi – Officials in Jakarta have lashed out at the Aceh administration for its insistence on flying the flag of a now-disbanded separatist group as its provincial standard.

A newspaper chief editor in West Papua says journalists in the region are pressured by police and government not to publish material about West Papuan pro-independence groups.

Members of the House of Lords held a debate about West Papua on Wednesday in which they raised serious concerns about the human rights situation and called on the British government to

The National Police top brass waded into a row in Semarang on Thursday after 50 officers from its specialist unit, the Mobile Brigade, were found to have visited a Central Java police s

Ina Parlina and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – Four candidates for the National Police chief position, including a former adjutant of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, have submitted inc

Zoe Reynolds, Contributor, Sydney – Putu Oka Sukanta survived one of the greatest atrocities in Indonesia during the violence of 1965-1966.

The Timor-Leste Defence Force (F-FDTL) plan to install a naval base in Hera will cause a lot of problems for the community living in Hera, according to the Director of security monitori

The President of the Republic, Taur Matan Ruak asked the Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao not to pander too much private contractors of government projects.

The Timorese police threatened to shoot the group of asylum seekers then misled them to get them to leave on a boat to Indonesia, according to one of the asylum seekers.

Member of Parliament Ancelmo da Conceicao, from the National Congress for the Reconstruction of Timor (CNRT) bench, said when a member of the government doesn't do their job well, they

SP/Anastasia Winanti R – Disgraced Garut district head Aceng Fikri has filed to run for a vacant seat on Indonesia's Regional Representatives Council (DPD) in a move that left one obser

Jakarta – The latest Indonesian Ombudsman report has found that five ministries could be rife with corruption as indicated by low quality public services and a lack of transparency.

Hotman Siregar – A fatal MetroMini bus accident on Tuesday has led to calls for the Jakarta city administration to take over the long-running public transportation operator.

SP/Mikael Niman – Prosecutors demanded a three-month sentence for a man who threatened to kill the pastor of Bekasi's embattled HKBP Filadelfia church during a tense Easter protest by h

Bagus BT Saragih and Margareth S.

Novianti Setuningsih & Ezra Sihite – A hard-line Islamic organization has apologized for causing the death of a motorist arising from its attempt to raid a suspected brothel in East

The Pacific Freedom Forum has condemned the confiscation of a magazine by police in Indonesia's Papua province.

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Satria Sambijantoro, Jakarta – Indonesia may face another downturn in its economy as the slowdown in foreign investment would likely continue at least until the next two years as foreig

Zoe Reynolds, Contributor, Sidney – Putu Oka Sukanta survived one of the greatest atrocities in Indonesia during the violence of 1965-1966.

Jakarta – More than half of voters are confused about the current political situation.

Angela Buensuceso – Ask the chief executive of one of the country's largest banks what it takes for a woman to excel in the workplace and the answer is clear.

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Ina Parlina, Jakarta – A coalition of NGOs have joined forces to block an attempt from lawyer and former law and human rights minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra to relax a 2012 remission pol

Carlos Paath & Ezra Sihite – Any mass organization that engages in violence and vandalism should be brought to justice, a senior government minister has said days after a deadly rai

Jakarta – Nielsen Indonesia on Wednesday said the Indonesian middle class topped the global consumer index in the second quarter of 2013, making them the most optimistic group in the wo

Jakarta – On the occasion of the National Children's Day on July 23, the Indonesian people were urged to protect children and fulfill their basic rights as child abuse and child sexual

A central government plan to allow Madura Island's persecuted Shiites to return home from exile in Sidoarjo, East Java, hinges on the proposal's acceptance by local religious leaders –

Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) came under another round of scathing attacks this week in the wake of the latest violence involving its members.

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka, Novianti Setuningsih & Rizky Amelia, Jakarta/Malang – As people across the country marked National Children's Day on Tuesday, a minister said sexual harassment ha

Anggi M. Lubis, Jakarta – With less than one year left for the government to achieve self-sufficiency by 2014, failure is already in sight.

Baradan Kuppusamy, Kuala Lumpur – With a propensity to devour everything in their path and spiral quickly out of control, leaving behind swathes of scorched earth, forest fires are cons

Jakarta – The cashier at the meat import company PT Indoguna Utama, Pudji Rahayu Arminingrum, has confirmed that the company paid Rp 98 million (US$9,702) to finance the Prosperous Just

SP/Novianti Setuningsih – Antigraft investigators have confirmed that the controversial Rp 6.7 trillion ($663 million) bailout of Bank Century in 2008 hinged on a decision to bend banki